I followed the internet links for downloading and installing the 
Macromedia Flash Player for Linux. After installation I see the file 
flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so in the 
/usr/lib/firefox-2.0/plugins directory. Yet when I go to a site under 
Firefox 2.0 which needs the Flash Player, all I see is a little box for 
installing it again. I do not see any place in Firefox 2.0 where I can 
check and see what plug-ins are installed or any way I can determine 
what plug-ins are recognized and working correctly. Is there some way I 
can get this installed properly so that Firefox 2.0 recognizes it ?

On 2006-11-16 10:37 (-0700 UTC), Edward Diener wrote:

> I followed the internet links for downloading and installing the 
> Macromedia Flash Player for Linux. After installation I see the file 
> flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so in the 
> /usr/lib/firefox-2.0/plugins directory. Yet when I go to a site under 
> Firefox 2.0 which needs the Flash Player, all I see is a little box for 
> installing it again. I do not see any place in Firefox 2.0 where I can 
> check and see what plug-ins are installed or any way I can determine 
> what plug-ins are recognized and working correctly. Is there some way I 
> can get this installed properly so that Firefox 2.0 recognizes it ?

Which distro? -- I had set up a FC 5 machine at work in late June that had 
precisely the same problem; unfortunately, I never had the time to try to 
trouble-shoot it. :-(

/b.

Brian Heinrich wrote:

> On 2006-11-16 10:37 (-0700 UTC), Edward Diener wrote:
> 
>> I followed the internet links for downloading and installing the 
>> Macromedia Flash Player for Linux. After installation I see the file 
>> flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so in the 
>> /usr/lib/firefox-2.0/plugins directory. Yet when I go to a site under 
>> Firefox 2.0 which needs the Flash Player, all I see is a little box for 
>> installing it again. I do not see any place in Firefox 2.0 where I can 
>> check and see what plug-ins are installed or any way I can determine 
>> what plug-ins are recognized and working correctly. Is there some way I 
>> can get this installed properly so that Firefox 2.0 recognizes it ?
> 
> Which distro? -- I had set up a FC 5 machine at work in late June that had 
> precisely the same problem; unfortunately, I never had the time to try to 
> trouble-shoot it. :-(

There may be no solution.  Many sites require the absolute latest 
version of Flash, which is windows-only;  the linux version is one or 
two steps behind and there's nothing we can do about it except send 
nasty letters to Macromedia.

-- 
Cheers, Bev (Happy Linux User #85683, Slackware 11.0)
-------------------------------------------------------------
"We've got some stupid people out there. This morning, I woke
  up in a bathtub filled with ice and I had an extra kidney."

On 2006-11-16 13:11 (-0700 UTC), The Real Bev wrote:

> Brian Heinrich wrote:

<snip />

>> Which distro? -- I had set up a FC 5 machine at work in late June that 
>> had precisely the same problem; unfortunately, I never had the time to 
>> try to trouble-shoot it. :-(
> 
> There may be no solution.

Flash just wouldn't work on that machine.  I had no problems on the SUSE 
10.1 box I was using.

> Many sites require the absolute latest 
> version of Flash, which is windows-only;  the linux version is one or 
> two steps behind and there's nothing we can do about it except send 
> nasty letters to Macromedia.

Macromedia is no more; it was assimilated by Adobe.

However, 
<http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200611/110706Mozilla.html> 
sounds interesting. . . .

/b.

Brian Heinrich wrote:

> On 2006-11-16 13:11 (-0700 UTC), The Real Bev wrote:
> 
>> Brian Heinrich wrote:
> 
> <snip />
> 
>>> Which distro? -- I had set up a FC 5 machine at work in late June that 
>>> had precisely the same problem; unfortunately, I never had the time to 
>>> try to trouble-shoot it. :-(
>> 
>> There may be no solution.
> 
> Flash just wouldn't work on that machine.  I had no problems on the SUSE 
> 10.1 box I was using.
> 
>> Many sites require the absolute latest 
>> version of Flash, which is windows-only;  the linux version is one or 
>> two steps behind and there's nothing we can do about it except send 
>> nasty letters to Macromedia.
> 
> Macromedia is no more; it was assimilated by Adobe.

I was annoyed that Acrobat couldn't read some .pdf files that xpdf read 
without problems.  OTOH, it works both ways -- xpdf burped on stuff that 
acrobat read easily.

> However, 
> <http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200611/110706Mozilla.html> 
> sounds interesting. . . .

Nobody said anything about cross-platform, though...

-- 
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-------------------------------------------------------------------
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spring.  I won't even start going on about my wood stove.
                                                         -- websurf1

Brian Heinrich wrote:
> On 2006-11-16 10:37 (-0700 UTC), Edward Diener wrote:
> 
>> I followed the internet links for downloading and installing the 
>> Macromedia Flash Player for Linux. After installation I see the file 
>> flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so in the 
>> /usr/lib/firefox-2.0/plugins directory. Yet when I go to a site under 
>> Firefox 2.0 which needs the Flash Player, all I see is a little box 
>> for installing it again. I do not see any place in Firefox 2.0 where I 
>> can check and see what plug-ins are installed or any way I can 
>> determine what plug-ins are recognized and working correctly. Is there 
>> some way I can get this installed properly so that Firefox 2.0 
>> recognizes it ?
> 
> Which distro?

CentOS 4.4.

> -- I had set up a FC 5 machine at work in late June that 
> had precisely the same problem; unfortunately, I never had the time to 
> try to trouble-shoot it. :-(

The big question is: How do I tell in Firefox 2.0 what plugins are 
loaded and working ? I would think that somewhere there is a menu item 
which actually tells me something about the Firefox plugins and their 
status when I am using Firefox. But I have been able to find out nothing 
about it, and see hardly a mention about plugins in the FF2 help.

Edward Diener wrote:

> Brian Heinrich wrote:
>> On 2006-11-16 10:37 (-0700 UTC), Edward Diener wrote:
/snip/
> 
> The big question is: How do I tell in Firefox 2.0 what plugins are 
> loaded and working ? I would think that somewhere there is a menu item 
> which actually tells me something about the Firefox plugins and their 
> status when I am using Firefox. But I have been able to find out nothing 
> about it, and see hardly a mention about plugins in the FF2 help.

Type about:plugins into the location bar?

Lee

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Edward Diener wrote:
> I followed the internet links for downloading and installing the 
> Macromedia Flash Player for Linux. After installation I see the file 
> flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so in the 
> /usr/lib/firefox-2.0/plugins directory. Yet when I go to a site under 
> Firefox 2.0 which needs the Flash Player, all I see is a little box for 
> installing it again. I do not see any place in Firefox 2.0 where I can 
> check and see what plug-ins are installed or any way I can determine 
> what plug-ins are recognized and working correctly. Is there some way I 
> can get this installed properly so that Firefox 2.0 recognizes it ?

Try putting the files in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.

At least, thats what works for me, with FF 1.5.0.8 & FC6.

HTH.

-- 
Alex

Alex K. wrote:
> Edward Diener wrote:
>> I followed the internet links for downloading and installing the 
>> Macromedia Flash Player for Linux. After installation I see the file 
>> flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so in the 
>> /usr/lib/firefox-2.0/plugins directory. Yet when I go to a site under 
>> Firefox 2.0 which needs the Flash Player, all I see is a little box 
>> for installing it again. I do not see any place in Firefox 2.0 where I 
>> can check and see what plug-ins are installed or any way I can 
>> determine what plug-ins are recognized and working correctly. Is there 
>> some way I can get this installed properly so that Firefox 2.0 
>> recognizes it ?
> 
> Try putting the files in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.
> 
> At least, thats what works for me, with FF 1.5.0.8 & FC6.
> 
> HTH.
> 

I have these two files in /usr/lib/browser-plugins/ _and_ soft links to them 
from ~/.mozilla/plugins/. Macromedia flash is listed in about:plugins .


Best regards,
Tony.

Leonidas Jones wrote:
> Edward Diener wrote:
> 
>> Brian Heinrich wrote:
>>> On 2006-11-16 10:37 (-0700 UTC), Edward Diener wrote:
> /snip/
>>
>> The big question is: How do I tell in Firefox 2.0 what plugins are 
>> loaded and working ? I would think that somewhere there is a menu item 
>> which actually tells me something about the Firefox plugins and their 
>> status when I am using Firefox. But I have been able to find out 
>> nothing about it, and see hardly a mention about plugins in the FF2 help.
> 
> Type about:plugins into the location bar?

This lists:

> Shockwave Flash
> 
>     File name: libflashplayer.so
>     Shockwave Flash 7.0 r68
> 
> MIME Type 	Description 	Suffixes 	Enabled
> application/x-shockwave-flash 	Shockwave Flash 	swf 	Yes
> application/futuresplash 	FutureSplash Player 	spl 	Yes

but the page still acts like I need to install Macromedia Flash. I will 
juts assume the page is wrong. The page in question is:

http://doyouwantlieswiththat.com/

Edward Diener wrote:
> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>> Edward Diener wrote:
>>
>>> Brian Heinrich wrote:
>>>> On 2006-11-16 10:37 (-0700 UTC), Edward Diener wrote:
>> /snip/
>>>
>>> The big question is: How do I tell in Firefox 2.0 what plugins are 
>>> loaded and working ? I would think that somewhere there is a menu 
>>> item which actually tells me something about the Firefox plugins and 
>>> their status when I am using Firefox. But I have been able to find 
>>> out nothing about it, and see hardly a mention about plugins in the 
>>> FF2 help.
>>
>> Type about:plugins into the location bar?
> 
> This lists:
> 
>> Shockwave Flash
>>
>>     File name: libflashplayer.so
>>     Shockwave Flash 7.0 r68
>>
>> MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
>> application/x-shockwave-flash     Shockwave Flash     swf     Yes
>> application/futuresplash     FutureSplash Player     spl     Yes
> 
> but the page still acts like I need to install Macromedia Flash. I will 
> juts assume the page is wrong. The page in question is:
> 
> http://doyouwantlieswiththat.com/
A couple of things.
First, why does anyone waste time with such sites?  sigh.
Second, my about:plugins reports shockwave flash version 9.0 r28.
Perhaps a visit to the Adobe site is in order.


-- 
Ron Hunter  rphunter@charter.net

Edward Diener wrote:
> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>> Edward Diener wrote:
>>
>>> Brian Heinrich wrote:
>>>> On 2006-11-16 10:37 (-0700 UTC), Edward Diener wrote:
>> /snip/
>>>
>>> The big question is: How do I tell in Firefox 2.0 what plugins are 
>>> loaded and working ? I would think that somewhere there is a menu 
>>> item which actually tells me something about the Firefox plugins and 
>>> their status when I am using Firefox. But I have been able to find 
>>> out nothing about it, and see hardly a mention about plugins in the 
>>> FF2 help.
>>
>> Type about:plugins into the location bar?
> 
> This lists:
> 
>> Shockwave Flash
>>
>>     File name: libflashplayer.so
>>     Shockwave Flash 7.0 r68
>>
>> MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
>> application/x-shockwave-flash     Shockwave Flash     swf     Yes
>> application/futuresplash     FutureSplash Player     spl     Yes
> 
> but the page still acts like I need to install Macromedia Flash. I will 
> juts assume the page is wrong. The page in question is:
> 
> http://doyouwantlieswiththat.com/

The flash plays on a Mac with Flash 9 installed, but not on Linux with 
7. Since Adobe has not seen fit to release a newer version then 7 for 
Linux, I don't think there is anything that can be done.

Lee

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Ron Hunter wrote:
> Edward Diener wrote:
>> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>>> Edward Diener wrote:
>>>
>>>> Brian Heinrich wrote:
>>>>> On 2006-11-16 10:37 (-0700 UTC), Edward Diener wrote:
>>> /snip/
>>>>
>>>> The big question is: How do I tell in Firefox 2.0 what plugins are 
>>>> loaded and working ? I would think that somewhere there is a menu 
>>>> item which actually tells me something about the Firefox plugins and 
>>>> their status when I am using Firefox. But I have been able to find 
>>>> out nothing about it, and see hardly a mention about plugins in the 
>>>> FF2 help.
>>>
>>> Type about:plugins into the location bar?
>>
>> This lists:
>>
>>> Shockwave Flash
>>>
>>>     File name: libflashplayer.so
>>>     Shockwave Flash 7.0 r68
>>>
>>> MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
>>> application/x-shockwave-flash     Shockwave Flash     swf     Yes
>>> application/futuresplash     FutureSplash Player     spl     Yes
>>
>> but the page still acts like I need to install Macromedia Flash. I 
>> will juts assume the page is wrong. The page in question is:
>>
>> http://doyouwantlieswiththat.com/
> A couple of things.
> First, why does anyone waste time with such sites?  sigh.
> Second, my about:plugins reports shockwave flash version 9.0 r28.
> Perhaps a visit to the Adobe site is in order.
> 
> 

He has the most current version for Linux.

Lee

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Leonidas Jones wrote:
> Edward Diener wrote:
>> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>>> Edward Diener wrote:
>>>
>>>> Brian Heinrich wrote:
>>>>> On 2006-11-16 10:37 (-0700 UTC), Edward Diener wrote:
>>> /snip/
>>>>
>>>> The big question is: How do I tell in Firefox 2.0 what plugins are 
>>>> loaded and working ? I would think that somewhere there is a menu 
>>>> item which actually tells me something about the Firefox plugins and 
>>>> their status when I am using Firefox. But I have been able to find 
>>>> out nothing about it, and see hardly a mention about plugins in the 
>>>> FF2 help.
>>>
>>> Type about:plugins into the location bar?
>>
>> This lists:
>>
>>> Shockwave Flash
>>>
>>>     File name: libflashplayer.so
>>>     Shockwave Flash 7.0 r68
>>>
>>> MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
>>> application/x-shockwave-flash     Shockwave Flash     swf     Yes
>>> application/futuresplash     FutureSplash Player     spl     Yes
>>
>> but the page still acts like I need to install Macromedia Flash. I 
>> will juts assume the page is wrong. The page in question is:
>>
>> http://doyouwantlieswiththat.com/
> 
> The flash plays on a Mac with Flash 9 installed, but not on Linux with 
> 7. Since Adobe has not seen fit to release a newer version then 7 for 
> Linux, I don't think there is anything that can be done.
> 
> Lee
> 

I get the idea that Adobe isn't all that interested in developing for 
*nix platforms.  Sorry to say.


-- 
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Leonidas Jones wrote:
> Ron Hunter wrote:
>> Edward Diener wrote:
>>> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>>>> Edward Diener wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Brian Heinrich wrote:
>>>>>> On 2006-11-16 10:37 (-0700 UTC), Edward Diener wrote:
>>>> /snip/
>>>>>
>>>>> The big question is: How do I tell in Firefox 2.0 what plugins are 
>>>>> loaded and working ? I would think that somewhere there is a menu 
>>>>> item which actually tells me something about the Firefox plugins 
>>>>> and their status when I am using Firefox. But I have been able to 
>>>>> find out nothing about it, and see hardly a mention about plugins 
>>>>> in the FF2 help.
>>>>
>>>> Type about:plugins into the location bar?
>>>
>>> This lists:
>>>
>>>> Shockwave Flash
>>>>
>>>>     File name: libflashplayer.so
>>>>     Shockwave Flash 7.0 r68
>>>>
>>>> MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
>>>> application/x-shockwave-flash     Shockwave Flash     swf     Yes
>>>> application/futuresplash     FutureSplash Player     spl     Yes
>>>
>>> but the page still acts like I need to install Macromedia Flash. I 
>>> will juts assume the page is wrong. The page in question is:
>>>
>>> http://doyouwantlieswiththat.com/
>> A couple of things.
>> First, why does anyone waste time with such sites?  sigh.
>> Second, my about:plugins reports shockwave flash version 9.0 r28.
>> Perhaps a visit to the Adobe site is in order.
>>
>>
> 
> He has the most current version for Linux.
> 
> Lee
> 

Was that the last version before Adobe acquired the program?  IF so, 
does anyone know their (Adobe's) intentions regarding *nix support?  I 
love diversity, even though I wouldn't touch either *nix, or Mac with a 
ten-foot pole, for myself, I like the benefits of multiple ways of doing 
things, and the innovation it causes.


-- 
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Leonidas Jones wrote:
> Edward Diener wrote:
>> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>>> Edward Diener wrote:
>>>
>>>> Brian Heinrich wrote:
>>>>> On 2006-11-16 10:37 (-0700 UTC), Edward Diener wrote:
>>> /snip/
>>>> The big question is: How do I tell in Firefox 2.0 what plugins are 
>>>> loaded and working ? I would think that somewhere there is a menu 
>>>> item which actually tells me something about the Firefox plugins and 
>>>> their status when I am using Firefox. But I have been able to find 
>>>> out nothing about it, and see hardly a mention about plugins in the 
>>>> FF2 help.
>>> Type about:plugins into the location bar?
>> This lists:
>>
>>> Shockwave Flash
>>>
>>>     File name: libflashplayer.so
>>>     Shockwave Flash 7.0 r68
>>>
>>> MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
>>> application/x-shockwave-flash     Shockwave Flash     swf     Yes
>>> application/futuresplash     FutureSplash Player     spl     Yes
>> but the page still acts like I need to install Macromedia Flash. I will 
>> juts assume the page is wrong. The page in question is:
>>
>> http://doyouwantlieswiththat.com/
> 
> The flash plays on a Mac with Flash 9 installed, but not on Linux with 
> 7. Since Adobe has not seen fit to release a newer version then 7 for 
> Linux, I don't think there is anything that can be done.
> 
> Lee
> 

Flash Player 9 beta 2 for Linux is available from the Adobe Labs site:
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer9.html

I see that it was updated yesterday, November 20, 2006.

Thanks to Q, I believe, for originally pointing me to this a while back.
 I have just upgraded to FC6 & had forgotten about this download until
the subject came up.  Too many irons in the fire.

-- 
Alex K.